A CREEPY TALE OF ECSTACY AND UNPROTECTED SEX

And Other Current TV Commercials of Note

Ecstasy and Unprotected Sex Marketer: Partnership for a Drug-Free America
Brand: Anti-drug Campaign
Title: "Poison Pill"
Agency: Marcel Lundberg/Cameron Noble 'I had unprotected sex with that guy,' remembers a sad young blonde who was also soaring on ecstasy at the time. The latest spot from the Partnership for a Drug-Free America uses two sad but winsome women and a creepy biological light show bursting with disease organisms.

Meet the ProducerClient: Huber Brewing, Chicago
Brand: Berghoff Beer
Title: "Behind the Scenes"
Agency: Gunter AdvertisingProducer Paul Andersen explains what it was like to work with two rare good musicians in a project designed to infuse a Chicago beer brand with a sense of the city's world-famous blues legacy.

Why God Gave Us Teeth Marketer: Sarah Lee Foods
Brand: Jimmy Dean Sausage
Title: "Real Breakfast"
Agency:TBWA/Chiat/DayFilmed at a Florence, Ala., sausage-packing plant, this spot includes what could be the drollest, most deadpan product endorsement you've ever seen. Which is why you remember it so well.

Pores and Pimples Marketer: Kao Brands Co.
Brand: Biore Skin Care Line
Title: "20,000 Pores"
Agency: Kirshenbaum Bond & PartnersAimed at the paranoid zit anxieties of teenage girls, this commercial for a skin-care line notes 'There are over 20,000 pores on your face' and that this fact means there are '20,000 occasions for something to pop up and ruin your day.'

Avon Lady Salma Hayek Marketer: Avon
Brand: Avon Lipstick
Title: "Salma Hayek"
Agency: Poole, New YorkSalma Hayek, the Mexican actress with a Lebanese name, plays a new role as Avon Lady here. Don't worry, though, she retains all the sultry charms that have made her such a hot crossover artist who does such gifted performances as a seductress. Only this time, she's looking to lure lipstick buyers rather than lovers.

Restaurant Downside Marketer: Calif. Lottery
Brand: Lottery
Title: "Restaurant"
Agency:BBDO WestThe California Lottery has released a new flock of TV spots playing on an 'Upside, Downside' concept. Staged in a pretentious French restaurant, this one stars a woman on a date who orders by pointing randomly at the unintelligible menu. The voice-over notes that the upside here was 'Trying Something New.' The downside was 'Having to eat it.' The bottom line, of course, is that she should have played the lottery, where the upside is millions and the downside is only a buck.